Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Ranunculaceae
Size: 3’-4’ (h) x 1.5’-2’ (w)
Bloom time: August - September
Flowers: White with yellow stamens on long stems
Leaves: Oval, palmate, toothed
wimastergardener.org Habitat: Shady, well-drained location protected from wind; avoid wet, poorly drained soils Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ mounding; compact; appreciates winter mulch Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Size: 3’-4’ (h) x 2’-3’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Tiny, 2-lipped, tubular, lavender blue flowers densely packed on terminal spikes
Leaves: Fragrant gray-green, ovate- lanceolate, downy beneath on square, hairy adelphigardens.org stems; opposite; licorice scent
Habitat: Need good soil drainage; tolerates Anise Hyssop, Blue Giant heat and some dry soils; riparian and open Agastache foeniculum meadows Attracts: Bumble, honey, native bees; butterflies Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 2’-4’ (h) x 1’-2’ (w)
Bloom time: September - October
Flowers: Small, violet blue with yellow center discs in loose clusters in fall; showy
Leaves: Toothed, smooth, bluish-green
Habitat: Prairies, rocky glades, dry open woods, roadsides and thickets; average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun
Attracts: Sweat, bumble bees, butterflies wildflowermix.com
Aster. smooth Syphyotrichum laeve
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Plantaginaceae
Size: 2’-3’ (h) x 1’-2’ (w)
Bloom time: April - June
Flowers: White, two-lipped, tubular in panicles atop rigid stems
Leaves: Basal leaves are elliptic and stem leaves lance-shaped to oblong, maroon
Habitat: Dry to medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun; clump forming
Attracts: Hummingbirds
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Beardtongue ‘Husker Red’ Penstamon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Size: 3’-4’ (h) x 2’-3” (w)
Bloom time: July - August
Flowers: Tubular, two-lipped, raspberry-red, fragrant, in dense, globular, terminal flowerhead
Leaves: Opposite, ovate/lanceolate, serrated, deep-green, 3-6”, aroma of mint and basil davesgarden.com Habitat: Average, medium-wet soil in sun to shade, clumping, needs good air circulation Bee Balm ‘Raspberry Wine’ Monarda didyma ‘Raspberry Problems: Subject to fungal leaf diseases Wine’ Tidbit: Once used leaves as balm for bee stings, tea
Attracts: Hummingbirds, butterflies, moths, bees
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Size: 2’-4’ (h) x 2’- 3’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Lavender, two-lipped, tubular in dense, globular, terminal flowerhead
Leaves: Toothed, aromatic, oblong, grayish-green, nababutterfly.com aramatic when rubbed
Habitat: Dry to medium moisture soils in full sun or Bergamot,wild part shade; likes wood margins, unplanted fields, Monarda fistulosa along roads; needs good air circulation
Problems: Fungal leaf diseases like powdery mildew
Tidbit: Once used as antiseptic, tea
Attracts: Moths, hummingbirds, miner, leaf-cutting, cookoo bees, wasps Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 4’-6’(h) x 3’-4’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Small, fluffy, white in flat-topped clusters held above peremarquettewildflowers.com foliage
Leaves: Opposite, wrinkled, lance-shaped, medium green with bases that encircle Boneset,common hairy stems Eupatorium perfoliatum Habitat: Average soil in sun to part shade; needs constant moisture; wet ditches and meadows
Tidbit: Once used as a folk medicine
Attracts: Sweat, small carpenter, digger and bumble bees, butterflies
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Apocynaceae
Size: 1’-2.5’ (h) x 1’-1.5’ (w)
Bloom time: June - August
Flowers: Orange or yellow-orange atop upright, in flat-topped or rounded groups
Leaves: Narrow, lance-shaped, alternate, lcbwalter.com shiny green on hairy non-milky stems
Habitat: Average to dry, well-drained soil in Butterfly Weed full sun; tolerates drought; deep tap root Asclepias tuberosa Tidbits: Roots once used to treat lung diseases so sometimes called pleurisy root; interesting seeds and seed pods
Attracts: Butterflies, sweat and bumble bees Type: Deciduous shrub, multi-stemmed
Family: Rubiaceae
Size 5’-12’ (h) x 4’-9’ (w)
Bloom time: June
Flowers: Tiny, tubular, 5-lobed, fragrant, white in dense, spherical, long-stalked flower heads like a pincushion
Leaves: Ovate, glossy, bright green in
provenwinners.com pairs or whorls
Habitat: Moist, humusy soil in sun to part Buttonbush, native shade; often in wet open areas Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush, native Attracts: Sweat, digger and bumble bees Cephalanthus occidentalis butterflies, moths
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Rubiaceae
Size: 3’ (h) x 4’ (w)
Bloom time: June
Flowers: Tiny, tubular, 5-lobed, fragrant, white in dense, globular, long-stalked flower heads like a pinchsuion
provenwinners.com Leaves: Oviate, glossy bright green in pairs or whorls; turn yellow-red in fall
Buttonbush ‘Sugar Shack’ Habitat: Moist, humusy soil in sun to part Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘Sugar shade, tolerates wet areas Shack’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 2.5’-3’ (h) x 1’-1.5’ (w)
Bloom time: June - August
Flowers: Rosy purple, daisy-like, up to 5” in diameter on stiff stems
Leaves: Coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green
pixshark.com Habitat: Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil; tolerant of drought, heat, humidity, and poor soil; prairies, meadows, open woods Coneflower, Purple, ‘Magnus’ Attracts: Bumble, digger, leaf-cutting, Halictid bees, Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ butterflies, skippers
Type: Deciduous tree, dwarf
Family: Rosaceae
Size: 8’-12’ (h) x 12’ (w)
Blossom time: April - May
Flowers: coral pink, semi-double,small rust-red, sparce fruit
Leaves: Ovate, lobed, dark green
Habitat: Sun to light shade; fairly drought- tolerant affordabletrees.com
Crabapple’Coralburst’ Malus ‘Coralcole’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Scrophulanaceae
Size: 3’-7’ (h) x 2’-4’ (w)
Bloom time: June - August
Flowers: White to pale blue, tiny, tube-like in dense, tapering spikes on strong stems; open from the bottom up minnesotaseasons.com Leaves: Ovate, serrated, in whorls (3-7 leaves per whorl) on the stems Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum Habitat: Average soil,medium to wet, well-drained in full sun; prairies. meadows; moist soil
Tidbit: Once used for medicine
Attracts: Sweat, small carpenter, bumble,
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Size: 1.5’-2’ (h) x 1.5’-2’ (w)
Bloom time: July
Flower: Raspberry with a yellow throat, funnel or bell-shaped with 6 curved perianth segments that may have ruffled edges; usually remains open 1-2 days, fragrant davesgarden.com Leaves: Basal, strap-shaped in fans
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well- Daylily ‘Raspberry Pixie’ drained soil in full sun to part shade; Hermocallis ‘Raspberry Pixie’ tolerant of summer heat and humidity Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Size: 6”-12” (h) x .5’-1’ (w)
Bloom time: June - July
Flowers: deep pink, jagged-edged double flowers in small clumps; clove-scented
Leaves: gray-green, narrow, needle-like rochefleuriegarden.blogspot.com Habitat: Rock gardens, wall crevices, dry soil; avoid overwatering; need good air circulation; full sun to light shade Dianthus ‘Tiny Rubies’ Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Tiny Rubies’
Type: Deciduous shrub, multi-stemmed
Family: Cornaceae
Size: 7’-9’ (h) x 4’-5’ (w)
Bloom time: May - June
Flowers: Small, 4-petaled, white in flat-topped clusters on red stems; white berries
Leaves: Ovate, opposite, medium- dark green, smooth margins knechts.net Habitat: Clay soils, wet swampy areas
Dogwood ‘Red osier’ or red twig Tidbit: Fruit attractive to birds; used for dogwood basketweaving Cornus sericerea ‘Red osier’ ‘ Type: Deciduous shrub, multi-stemmed
Family: Adoxaceae
Size: 5’-12’ (h) x 5’-12’ (w)
Bloom Time: June - July
Flowers: White, tiny in flat-topped clusters up to 10” across, fragrant, develops edible berries
Leaves: Long, slender, dark green compound
justfruitsandexotics.com Habitat: Medium-wet, well-drained soil in sun or part shade; not drought tolerant
Elderberry ‘Bob Gordon’ Tidbit: Pith of twigs good nesting site for cavity- Sambucus canadensis ‘Bob nesting bees Gordon’
Type: Deciduous shrub, multi-stemmed
Family: Adoxaceae
Size: 5’-8’ (h) x 5’-8’ (w)
Bloom time: June - July
Flowers: White, tiny, lemon-scented in flat clusters up to 10” across, develops edible berries
alamy.com Leaves: Deeply-cut leaflets
Habitat: Medium to wet, well-drained soil in Elderberry ‘Laciniata’ sun or part shade Sambucus canadensis ‘Laciniata’ Type: Deciduous shrub, multi-stemmed
Family: Adoxaceae
Size: 5’-12’ (h) x 5’-12’ (w)
Bloom time: June - July
Flowers: Lemon-scented, tiny, white held in flat- topped clusters up to 10” across; develop into gardeningknowhow.com edible berries
Leaves: Long, slender, dark green compound Elderberry, native Sambucus canadensis Habitat: Medium to wet, well-drained soil; found in stream banks, thickets, fence rows
Tidbit: Pith of twigs good nesting site for cavity- nesting bees; once used to make flutes and for dyes
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Fabaceae
Size: 3’-4’ (h) x 3’-4’ (w)
Bloom time: May - June
Flowers: Purple, lupine-like on flower spikes held above foliage; seeds rattle in blackened seed pods
Leaves: Clover-iike, trifoliate, bluish-green
Habitat: Average, dry-medium, well-drained soil in monticelloshop.org sun to part shade; tolerates drought and poor soils False indigo Tidbits: Seed pods once used as rattles by children; Baptisia australis once used as a poor substitute for indigo as a blue dye
Attracts: Butterflies, bees Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Oleaceae
Size: 1’-2’ (h) x 1’-4’ (w)
Bloom time: March - April
Flowers: Yellow along stem before leaves appear
Leaves: Ovate, medium green
Habitat: Loose, medium moisture, well- drained soil in sun to part shade; tolerates truffaut.com urban conditions
Forsythia Gold Tide ‘Courtasol’ Problems: Occasional damage to flower buds by cold and late freezes Forsythia x intermedia ‘Courtasol’
Type: Deciduous shrub, dwarf
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Size: 3’-5’ (h) x 3’-5’ (w)
Bloom time: April - May
Flowers: Profuse,white with yellow anthers, tiny, fragrant on terminal, bottlebrush-like spikes,
Leaves: Leathery, ovate to obovate, dark green above and blue-gray below; turn yellow, orange or red-purple in fall
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained georgeweigel.net soil in sun to part shade; prefers moist, acidic, rich soil with good drainage Fothergilla ‘Mount Airy” Fothergilla x intermedia ‘Mount Airy’ Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Size: 6’-10’ (h) x 5’-9’ (w)
Bloom time: April - May
Flowers: White with yellow anthers, tiny, fragrant on terminal, bottlebrush-like spikes
Leaves: Leathery, ovate, dark green above and
stromovous.net bluish gray underneath with marginal teeth; turns yellow, orange or purple-red in fall
Fothergilla, native Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained soil Fothergilla major in sun to part shade; moist, acidic, rich soil preferred
Attracts: Honey bees
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Geraniaceae
Size: .75’-1.5’ (h) x 1’-2’ (w)
Bloom time: June - July; lighter bloom conti
Flowers: Five-petaled, finely-veined, bluish-purple with white centers
mijntuin.org Leaves: Palmate, deeply-lobed, emerge with yellow tint and mature to bright green
Geranium ‘Nimbus’ Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in sun to part shade Geranium ‘Nimbus’ Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Size: 6’-8’ (h) x 6’-8’ (w)
Bloom time: May - July
Flower: White becoming purplish pink in pyramidal panicles
Leaves: Large, 3-7 lobed, oak-like, dark green
hydrangeamania.com Habitat: Rich, medium moisture, well- drained soil in sun to part shade Hydrangea oakleaf Hydrangea quercifolia Attracts: Flies, wasps
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Iridaceae
Size: 3’ (h) x 2.5’-3’ (w)
Bloom time: May - June
Flower: White, falls marked with yellow hafts, beardless on upright stalks
Leaves: Narrow, strap-like, linear, medium green; fan-shaped
Habitat: Moist, fertile, humusy, rich, slightly pro-faber.ro acidic soil in sun to part shade; needs moisture Iris, Siberian, ‘Anniversary’ Iris siberica ‘Anniversary’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 5’-7’ (h) x 2’-4’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Tiny, vanilla-scented, dull pinkish-purple in large, terminal, domed inflorescences
Leaves: Coarsely-serrated, lance-shaped, dark
peremarquettewildflowers.com green in wholes of 3-4, vanilla-scented
Habitat: Moist, fertile soil in sun to part shade; Joe Pye Weed, Sweetscented needs space; in thickets and open woods Eutrochium purpureum Tidbit: Supposedly named after Indian Joe Pye who used plant as a medicine
Attracts: Butterflies and bees
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Ranunculaceae
Size: 1’-1.5’ (h) x 1’-1.5’ (w)
Bloom time: March - April
Flower: Rose-purple with yellow stamens, cup- shaped, flowers in clusters above stems
commons.wikipedia.org Leaves: Palmate, serrate, leathery, wide, glossy, basal, dark green with 7-9 leaflets, evergreen
Lenten Rose Habitat: Rich, humusy, well-drained soil in part to Helleborus orientalis full shade; protect from cold winter winds; clumping
Tidbit: Leaves, stems and roots are poisonous if eaten Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 2’-5’ (h) x 1’-1.5’ (w)
Bloom time: April - May
Flowers: Yellow, daisy-like in terminal clusters on erect stems, up to 3” wide
Leaves: Basal leaves are heart-shaped and ehvileivapuu38.blogspot.com deeply toothed; upper leaves eliptical, medium green
Leopardbane ‘Magnificum’ Habitat: Moist, humusy, well-drained soil in Doronicum orientale ‘Magnificum’ sun or part shade; protected location; rock or woodland gardens; mounding
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Oleaceae
Size: 12’-16’ (h) x 8’=12’ (w)
Bloom time: May
Flowers: Reddish-purple, fragrant in pyramidal inflorescences
phenology.osu.edu Leaves: Opposite, simple, ovate- lanceolate,about two times as long as wide; medium-dark green; Lilac, Chinese, ‘Red susceptible to powdery mildew Rothomagensis’ Syringa x chinensis ‘Red Habitat: Average, medium-moisture, well- drained soil in full sun; needs good Rothomagensis’ air circulation
Tidbit: Stems once used for pipes Type: Deciduous broadleaf shrub
Family: Oleaceae
Size: 8’-15’ (h) x 6’-12’ (w)
Bloom time: April - May
Flowers: Reddish-purple double in, large conical panicles, fragrant
Leaves: Opposite, pointed-ovate to heart- shaped, dark gray-green to blue green
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, mailordertrees.co.uk well-drained soil in full sun; needs good air circulation
Lilac, Common, ‘Charles Joly’ Tidbit: Stems were once used for pipes Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Oleaceae
Size: 8’-14’ (h) x 3’-7’ (w)
Bloom time: May
Flowers: Fragrant, double, light blue in large, conical panicals
Leaves: Opposite, pointed to heart-shaped, gray green to blue green pahls.com Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well- drained in full sun; avoid soggy soil; needs Lilac, Common, ‘President Grevy’ good air circulation Syringa vulgaris ‘President Grevy’ Tidbit: Stems once used for pipes Type: Deciduous shrub, dwarf
Family: Oleaceae
Size: 4’-7’ (h) x 4’-7’ (w)
Bloom time: May
Flowers: Lilac-purple, 4-6” long, in dense terminal clusters in pairs at branch tips
Leaves: Elliptic, dark green turn burgundy in fall
Habitat: Easily grown in average, well-drained greenthumbinzone5.blogspot.com soil in full sun; needs good air circulation
Lilac, Manchurian, ‘Miss Kim’ Syringa pubescens, subsp.patula ‘Miss Kim’
Type: Deciduous tree
Family: Magnoliaceae
Size: 10’-20’ (h) x 8’-15’ (w)
Bloom time: March - April
Flowers: White, star-shaped with 12-18 strap- like tepals, fragrant
Leaves: Oblong, glossy, dark green
panoramio.com Habitat: Moist, rich, well-dfrained soil in full sun to part shade; needs constant moisture; intolerant of urban pollutants; can be susceptible to frost Magnolia, star, ‘Royal Star’ damage Magnolia, stellata ‘Royal Star’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Size: 1’-3’ (h) x 1’-3’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Two-lipped, tubular pale pink flowers in dense, flat-topped terminal clusters
Leaves: Dark green, ovate, pointed with round or gobotany.newenglandwild.org heart-shaped bases and toothed margins; aromatic when crushed
Mountainmint, Clustered Habitat: Fertile, well-drained, moist to medium Pycnanthemum muticum moist soil in full sun to part shade; vigorous grower
Attracts: Magnet for many pollinators
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Polemoniaceae
Size: 2’-4’ (h) x 2’-3’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Fragrant, tubular, white, packed in large, tiered domed, terminal, clusters; each floret has a long corolla tube and five flat petal-like lobes
ninepix.ru Leaves: Opposite, veined, pointed, elliptic, deep green
Habitat: Fertile,medium moisture, well-drained soil in Phlox, garden, ‘David’ full sun to part shade; needs good air Phlox paniculata ‘David’ circulation and needs to be watered when it’s dry Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Bloom time: July - August
Flowers: Composite, dull-gray central disk in shape of elongated cylinder, which smells like anise when bruised; yellow downward pointing ray flowers (3-7 ) attached to bottom of disk
Leaves: Pinnately divided on stiff stems
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun; likes clay or sandy soil and tolerates
michwildflowers.com poor, dry soil; rhizomatous roots form clumps
Pinnate Prairie Coneflower Attracts: Sweat, digger, cuckoo, leaf-cutting, small and large, carpenter, green metallic and bumble bees; Ratibida pinnata wasps, flies, butterflies, beetles
Type: Deciduous shrub, dwarf cultivar
Family: Rosaceae
Size: 2’-3’ (h) x 2’-3’ (w)
Bloom time: June - September
Flowers: White, buttercup-like flowers with 5 petals and yellow centers
Leaves: Compound-pinnate (usually with 5 narrow flickr.com elliptic leaflets each), medium green to blue green
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained Potentilla ‘Abbottswood’ soil in full sun Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbottswood’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Apiaceae
Size: 4’-5’ (h) x 2’-3’ (w)
Bloom time: June - September
Flowers: Tiny, stemless, greenish-white flowers packed into globular 1” diameter heads which appear in branched clusters at the top of smooth, stiff stems marathonpundit.blogspot.com Leaves: Basal rosettes of parallel-veined, spiny, Rattlesnake Master sword-shaped medium green up to 3’ long, resemble those of yucca Eryrigium yuccitolium Habitat: Prefers dryish, sandy soil but easily grown in average, well-drained soil in full sun; once established do not disturb because of tap root
Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Family: Ericaceae
Size: 3’-6’ (h) x 3’-7’ (w)
Bloom time: April
Flowers: Pink, rose, or lavender in clusters of 4-9 flowers, does not produce seed
Leaves: Elliptic, leathery, dark green 2-5” long; hirsutum.info purplish in winter theshopatvictoriagardens.blogspot.com Habitat: Acidic, humusy, rich, moisture-retentive, well-drained soil in part to full shade; protect Rhododendron ‘PJM’ from strong winter winds; mulch Rhododendron periclymenoides ‘PJM’ Type: Deciduous shrub, multi-stemmed
Family: Malvaceae
Size: 8’-12’ (h) x 6’-10- (w)
Bloom time: June - October
Flower: Pink with red eyes, 5-petaled, hollyhock-like, to 3” wide, double
Leaves: Palmately-veined, corasely- toothed, three-lobed, medium green
swdesertgardening.wordpress.com Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to shade; tolerant of summer heat and humidity Rose of Sharon ‘Blushing Bride’ and urban conditions Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blushing Bride’
Type: Herbaceous perennial, hybrid
Family: Lamiaceae
Size: 1.5’’2’ (h) x 1’-1.5’ (w)
Bloom time: May - June
Flowers: Violet-blue, 2-lipped, tiny, tubular arranged on square upright stems
Leaves: Opposite, oblong to lanceolate, medium green, fragrant flickr.com Habitat: Average, well-drained soils or in gravelly ot sandy soil; tolerates drought Sage ‘May Night’ Salvia x sylvestris ‘May Night’ Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Crassulaceae
Size: 1’-1.5’ (h) x 1.5’-2’ (w)
Flowers: Rosy pink buds turn red then rust; tiny, star-like in large flattened heads atop fleshy stems
Leaves: Fleshy, rounded, succulent-like growing . northcoastgardening.com upright in spreading clumbs
Habitat: Average, dry to medium, well-drained Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ soil in full sun; also sandy to gravelly soils; Hylotelephium ‘Herbstfreude’ drought tolerant
Attracts: Butterflies, bees
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Rosaceae
Size: 3’-4’ (h) x 3’-4’ (w)
Bloom time: June - July
Flower: Pink, tiny, in flat-topped clusters
Leaves: Emerge bronze-red, mature to yellow-green and develop yellow-orange-copper colors in fall
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun; has good heat tolerance
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Spirea ‘Goldflame’ Spirea japonica ‘Goldflame’ Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Rosaceae
Size: 3’-8’ (h) x 7‘-10’ (w)
Bloom time: April - May
Flowers: White, tiny, in clusters that cover leafy branches
Leaves: Small, obovate, serrated, dark blue-green visoflora.com with 3-5 lobes
Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained Spirea, Vanhoutte soil in full sun; prune after flowering Spirea x vanhouttei
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Vergenaceae
Size: 2’-6’ (h) x 1’-2.5’ (w)
Bloom time: July - September
Flowers: Purplish-blue, tiny, tubular, 5-lobed, densely packed on candelabra-like inflorescences of pencil-like spikes; flowers bloom bottom to top flowerspictures.org on each spike, only a few at a time
Leaves: Lance-shaped, sharply toothed, green, 6”, Verbena, swamp on square erect stems Verbena hastata Habitat: Average, medium to wet soil in full sun; forms colonies; ditches, shores, wet fields
Attracts: Bees including miner, halictid, specialist verbena bees, wasps, bee flies, beetles Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Adoxaceae
Size: 6’-10’ (h) x 6’-10’ (w)
Bloom time: May - June
Flowers: Showy, white, non-fragrant, in flat-topped groups
Leaves: Ovate, toothed, glossy. dark green autumnlightspicture.blogspot.com Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well- drained soil in sun to part shade; some Viburnum, arrowwood ‘Ralph drought tolerance Senior’ Viburnum dentatum ‘Ralph Tidbit: Native Americans supposedly used its Senior’ straight stems for arrow shafts Attracts: Birds, butterflies
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Adoxaceae
Size 4’-6’ (h) x 4’-7’ (w)
Bloom time: March - April
Flowers: Pink buds turn white; in snowball-like clusters; fragrant
pinterest.com Leaves: Broad, ovate, serrated, dark green; turn dull red in fall
Viburnum,. Koreanspice Habitat: Average, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade; slow-growing Viburnum carlesii Attracts: Birds, butterflies
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Size: 6’-9’ (h) x 6’-9’ (w)
Bloom time: April - June followed by repeat blooms
Flowers: Showy, red, funnel-shaped
Leaves: Elliptic to obovate, medium green
Habitat: Average, medium moisture,well- drained soil in full sun
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Weigela ‘Red Prince’ Weigela florida ‘Red Prince’
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Fabaceae
Size: 1’-2’ (h) x .75’-1.5’ (w)
Bloom time: May - July
Flowers: Tiny, white in elongated cone-like heads on stems 1-2’ tall; flowers bloom bottom to top
velodujour.wordpress.com Leaves: Compound, odd-pinnate, dull green leaves with 5-7 narrow linear leaflets
Habitat: Average, well-drained soil in full sun; drought White Prairie Clover tolerant with deep tap root; prairies, disturbed areas Dalea candida Tidbit: Root once used for food and leaves for tea
Attracts: Bumble, Halictid, plasterer bees, wasps, flies and small butterflies Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 2’-4’ (h) x 1’-2’ (w)
Bloom time: May - August
Flowers: White with 5 ray flowers in woolly-looking flower heads; appear in broad, flat-topped terminal corymbs
Leaves: Aromatic, toothed and sandpapery; long- petioled; basal leaves larger than stem leaves
usinggeorgianativeplants.blogspot.com Habitat: Average, dry-medium, well-drained soil in full sun; tolerates rocky soil
Wild quinine Tidbit: Formerly used as a medicine Parthenium integrifolium Attracts: Halictine bees, wasps, flies, beetles, bugs
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Apiaceae
Size: 1.5’-3’ (h) x 1.5’-2’ (w)
Bloom Time: May - June
Flowers: Yellow, tiny in flat-topped clusters on stems 3’ tall, showy
florafinder.com Leaves: Compound, biternate with toothed leaflets
Zizia, golden alexander Habitat: Average, medium moisture, well-drained Zizia aurea soil in sun to part shade; often massed in open woodlands or prairies
Attracts: Yellow-faced, Andrenid, sweat and cuckoo bees Web Sources www.bygl.osu.edu www.chicagobotanic.org www.extension.illinois.edu www.extension.umn.edu www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening www.illinoiswildflowers.info www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfacts www.nativeplants.msu.edu/uploads/files www.plantfacts.osu.edu www.plants.usda.gov www.pollinator.org www.xerces.org
Guide to Plants
in the
OSU Phenology Gardens
Compiled by Mary Brennan, OCVN, Lake Cty Lori Nelson, MG, Summit Cty